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Police & Fire
Cars Struck By Gunfire In Bensalem, Investigation Launched: Authorities
Bensalem police are asking residents to check their home security video after three cars were shot last Friday, April 19. Authorities said it happened at the Franklin Commons apartment complex, 1400 Cardinal Drive, near building six between 9:45 and 10:30 p.m. Area residents should check their surveillance cameras and call police at 215-633-3719 to report any suspicious activity, the department said.
Police & Fire
Disturbing Video Shows Robbers Hold Philly Bar Patrons At Gunpoint: Police
Two gunmen walked into a North Philadelphia bar last week and opened fire before staging an armed robbery, according to city police detectives. It happened around 4 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 on the 400 block of East Wyoming Avenue, authorities said. One 61-year-old man was shot in the leg before the robbers held the patrons at gunpoint and robbed them of cash and jewelry, police said. The stick-up was recorded by the bar's security cameras. Bar security footage shows the Feb. 15 robbery in Feltonville, Phila. PhiladelphiaPolice Suspect one is described …
Police & Fire
Former Employee Burnt Down Mechanic's Shop In Montco, DA Claims
A Lebanon man is accused of setting fire to a mechanic's shop where he used to work in Willow Grove, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Sean Gahagan, 56, is charged with arson, risking catastrophe, burglary, and related counts, prosecutors said in a release. Investigators said Gahagan stopped by his former employer, JG Transmissions at 616 Davisville Road, on the morning of Dec. 29 looking for work. He was turned away and left the shop, authorities said. Around 8:45 p.m. that night, firefighters were called to JG Transmissions and found the bui…
Police & Fire
Burglar Caught On Camera In Hellertown, Police Warn
Detectives in Lower Saucon are asking residents to check their security cameras for footage of a would-be thief. The pictured suspect was looking for unlocked cars in township driveways between 1 and 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, authorities believe. Surveillance footage from Lower Saucon PD CrimeWatchPA Police said the suspect struck at least seven areas: The 1800 block of Mill Run Court The 1800 block of Viola Lane The 1800 block of Victor Road The 1800 block of Meadow Ridge Court The 1700 block of Meadow Ridge Court The 1700 block of Deer Run Road The 2000 block of …
Police & Fire
Undercover Police Catch Delco Teen's Accused Murderer: DA
The man accused of stabbing a 15-year-old boy dead has been arrested authorities in Delaware County announced on Wednesday. Michael Garr, of Drexel Hill, was stabbed to death on Friday, April 21, 2023 — now, the alleged killer has been caught. Marson Weh, 24 of Cliffton Heights, has been charged in the murder of 15-year-old Michael Garr, District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Upper Darby Police Superintendent Tim Bernhardt announced during the press conference on Jan. 3, 2024. Surveillance videos helped lead police to Weh. In the videos, detectives spotted a man running from the 200 bloc…
Police & Fire
Attempted Break-In Caught On Camera In Bucks County: Authorities
Lower Makefield police are looking for the trio of would-be burglars caught on video prowling near an area home, the department said in a release. The three hooded men were recorded at a Hidden Pond Drive residence just before 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, according to investigators. Police said the three tried entering cars in the driveway before walking to the rear of the home and trying to open the back door. LMTPD LMTPD LMTPD The suspects left after failing to get inside, police said. All three men were wearing dark clothes with hoods and gloves, author…
Police & Fire
Motive For Inmate Gino Hagenkotter's Escape May Be Related To Bucks County Ties: Reports
The motive behind the escape of Gino Hagenkotter, an inmate at a Philadelphia prison, is starting to become clear, according to multiple news reports. The 34-year-old serving a sentence at the Riverside Correctional Facility was supposed to be released to a transitional program this week, according to NBC Philadelphia and CBS News. However, Hagenkotter's release was was rescheduled to April 2024 due to a retail theft incident out of Bucks County, the outlets said. On Thursday, Nov. 30, the day he was supposed to be released, Hagenkotter escaped. Serving time for theft …
Police & Fire
NJ Road Rage Driver Who Killed PA Dad At McDonald's Learns Sentence
The New Jersey driver who admitted to killing a Levittown man during a road rage incident early this year will spend over a decade behind bars, said the Bucks County District Attorney's Office on Thursday. Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, was sentenced to 12 to 24 years for the Feb. 5 death of Jason Smith, prosecutors said. Authorities have claimed Dietrich and Smith were involved in a "driving incident" about a mile before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's. When Smith tried to pull into the parking lot, Dietrich used his truck to block the way, poli…
Police & Fire
'Multiple Firearms Stolen' From Unlocked Vehicles, PA State Police Say
Two people are wanted by Pennsylvania State Police after multiple firearms were taken from unlocked vehicles in Central Pennsylvania. The thieves entered the unlocked cars in the 200 block of Misty Hill Drive, Peach Bottom Township, from 4 until 4:45 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2023, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release. "One of the vehicles had four handguns stolen out of the center console," Trooper James Grothey said. PSP obtained surveillance video from Misty Hill Drive showing the two suspects. One of the suspected thieves appears to be "a white male wit…
Police & Fire
Suspected Arsonist Spotted Buying Beverage Before Blaze: Philadelphia PD
A man accused of setting a fire behind a Philadelphia business was seen on camera picking up an iced tea minutes before the blaze, according to city police. The suspect was recorded grabbing a drink at an unnamed restaurant around 12:50 a.m. on Aug. 23, PPD said. Surveillance footage released by police. YouTube/Philadelphia Police By 1 a.m., the fire began on Moravian Street, behind a commercial building on the 2000 block of Sansom Street. Anyone with information is being asked to call PPD at 215-686-8477 or submit an anonymous tip online.
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Danelo Cavalcante: Schools Close For 2nd Day, Report Details How Killer May Have Escaped
Chester County schools are closed for the second day in a row as the search for killer fugitive Danelo Cavalcante continues. Both the Kennett Consolidated School District and Unionville-Chadds Ford School District will remain closed Wednesday, Sept. 6, more than a day after the 34-year-old convicted murderer was captured on a trail camera nearby. Citing a criminal complaint, 6abc says Cavalcante may have escaped the same way as Igor Bolte, another inmate in the county prison, did back in May. Bolte is believed to have scaled the wall near the exercise yard before climbing an exposed beam u…
Police & Fire
Burglars Return To PA Neighborhood For Third Time This Month: Authorities
Lower Moreland police are investigating another overnight break-in at a township home — the third of its kind in the last month, according to authorities. It happened on Saturday, Aug. 5 at a residence near Pine Road, the department said in a release. While the victims were out of the house, two suspects kicked in a side door around 9:30 p.m., investigators said. The burglars tripped the security alarm and only made off with "one valuable item" before fleeing, police continued. Surveillance footage reportedly showed two white men carrying flashlights running from the scene. A K-9 Unit …
Police & Fire
'Russian' Burglars 'Ransack' Home In Eastern PA: Police
A pair of burglars who were heard speaking Russian as they broke into an Eastern Pennsylvania home weeks ago are wanted by the police. The break-in happened around 10 p.m. on July 11, Lower Moreland Township police said in a release. The suspects, two white men in their late-20s to 40s, targeted a home near Pine Road and Red Lion Road, the department said. They climbed over a fence before kicking in a back door and ransacking the home, according to detectives. Both burglars brought flashlights and one carried a garbage bag that they filled with stolen jewelry, gold, …
Police & Fire
Know Him? Video Shows Burglar Rummage Through Bucks Garage, Police Say
Police are looking for the burglar who broke into a Bucks County garage two times in a single night. It happened in Doylestown on during the overnight hours on Saturday, June 3, said Central Bucks Police in a release. Surveillance footage from the homeowner's camera appears to show the burglar rooting around the garage around 3:15 a.m., the department said. CRIMEWATCH Investigators say the man left after taking several "items," but returned again later to steal again. Police did not specify what was stolen from the home. The suspect is described as a white man in a black and gray …
Police & Fire
$20K Reward For Suspect Who Shot Philly Woman In Head: Police
Philadelphia police investigators are looking for the man who they say shot a woman in the head early Sunday morning. It happened in Strawberry Mansion just before 6 a.m. on May 14, city police wrote in a release. The 45-year-old victim died from her injuries, the department said. Detectives have released surveillance footage that they claim shows the suspect and his vehicle. Surveillance footage of the suspect released by Philadelphia policePhiladelphiaPolice The man is described as being 25 to 35 years old, 6 feet, thin, and having a beard and braided hair. His car is said to be …
Police & Fire
Baltimore Man Found Shot To Death On PA Highway: PSP
A 54-year-old Baltimore man has been identified after he was found shot to death along US 222 on April 23, 2023, in Lancaster County. Miguel Vazquez-Ruiz's death was ruled a homicide by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. His body was found on U.S. 222 South, in Brecknock Township Lancaster County on Sunday near the Berks County line at mile marker 48.6, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Investigators are looking for dash cam video or any witnesses who observed suspicious activity in the area, between the hours of 4:00 am and 7:00 am. PSP is also requesting that any b…
Police & Fire
Jealous Ex Killed Rachel King, MontCo DA Says Citing End Of Affair
Two people who authorities claim killed Montgomery County mom Rachel King over an "ended affair" are in police custody on murder charges. Zakkee Steven Alhakim, 34, of Philadelphia, and Julie Jean, 34, of Elkins Park, are each charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and conspiracy in the April 11 death of 35-year-old Rachel King, said District Attorney Kevin Steele in a release. King was shot dead in her car at the Melrose Shopping Center on Cheltenham Avenue with her 11-year-old son in the back seat, Daily Voice has reported. Investigators now say that King was the longt…
Police & Fire
Teen Shot On Playground, Suspect On The Loose: Philadelphia PD
A teenage boy was shot on a Philadelphia playground Wednesday evening, April 19, and the suspect is still at large, according to authorities. It happened at the Dendy Recreation Center on the 1500 block of North 10th Street around 4:15 p.m. on April 19, city police said in a release. investigators said the victim was hit once on the left side. Police did not detail his condition as of Thursday, April 20, though 6abc has reported the teen has been stabilized at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The shooter, seen in surveillance images released by authorities, was wearing a…
Police & Fire
'Targeted Murder': Montco Mom Shot Dead In Front Of Son At Dunkin
Authorities are investigating what they call the "targeted murder of a mother" in the drive-thru line at a Cheltenham Dunkin Donuts early Tuesday morning. The victim, 35-year-old Rachel King of Elkins Park, was shot dead in her car at the Melrose Shopping Center on Cheltenham Avenue on April 11, said the county District Attorney's Office in a statement. ALSO SEE: Montco Mom Shot Dead In Front Of Son Was 'Energetic With Iconic Laugh' Rachel King Rachel King Facebook photo It happened around 7:30 a.m., prosecutors said. King was waiting in the drive-thru line at Dunkin when an armed su…
Police & Fire
Teen Boy Shot Dead Walking To School; Philly Police Release Video
Police in Philadelphia are searching for the four men who they say gunned down a 15-year-old boy as he walked to school early Tuesday morning. It happened on the 1600 block of West Hunting Park Avenue just before 7:40 a.m. on March 28, city police told Daily Voice. The victim was walking with another individual when the four suspects approached them from behind, as seen in surveillance footage released by the department. The Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Unit is looking to identify the four suspects, depicted in the following surveillance video excerpts, as part of an ongoi…
Police & Fire
Family Of Temple Grad Killed At Random Desperate For Justice: Report
More than three months after he was shot and killed seemingly at random on a west Philadelphia street, the family of Temple graduate Everett Beauregard is still demanding justice. Philadelphia police have said the 23-year-old was walking home just after midnight on Sept. 22 when an unknown suspect approached him from behind on the 400 block of North 35th Street in Powelton Village and fatally shot him. Since then, investigators have circulated images and video of his suspected killer, but no arrests have been made so far. Beauregard's loved ones gathered on the same Powelton block wher…
Police & Fire
Thief Installed Card-Scanning Device On Philly ATM, Cops Say
Police in Philadelphia are searching for a thief who they say installed secret surveillance devices on a Roxborough ATM. The suspect walked into the 7-Eleven at 5632 Ridge Avenue just after 11 a.m. on Nov. 25 and immediately approached the ATM, detectives said. An employee witness told police she saw him "acting suspiciously" near the machine. The next day, staff found a card reading device and a small video camera attached to the ATM, police said. Investigators later determined the devices were capturing card information and PIN numbers entered on the machine. To submit …
Police & Fire
Enraged Driver Vandalized Bucks County Home, Police Say
A driver involved in a road rage incident followed another person home and then vandalized their property, authorities in Bucks County say. The suspect pulled up to a home on Essex Lane in Middletown at around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 22, township police said. Surveillance video shows the man damaged the home's front door and mailbox, investigators said. The suspect is described as a man with a goatee and "at least a half sleeve of tattoos" on his right arm. He drives a newer model Kia Sedona and is a smoker, police said. If you can identify the suspect, you're asked to c…
Police & Fire
Attempted Homicide, Kidnapping Suspect In PA Park Shooting Tracked Down With Social Media Help
Investigators tracked down the social media account of a suspect they say opened fire at a vehicle before driving to a fire station during a confrontation in Pennsylvania, leading to attempted homicide and kidnapping charges. Daniel Charles Fegely Jr., 24, was charged with attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault, attempted kidnapping, simple assault, reckless endangerment, and numerous firearm offenses, including being prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior convictions. Officers responding to a shooting at the intersection of Ontario St. and Itaska St. near Madison Park i…
Business
Lehigh County Farm Uses Facebook To ID Alleged Thief
After some goods went missing from a Lehigh Valley farm on Saturday, Oct. 8, its owners took to social media for leads. "We are heartbroken that our farm store was taken advantage of," wrote Hausman's Fruit Farm in a Facebook post on Wednesday, Oct. 12, uploaded along with six images of two men and a woman taken from the farm's surveillance cameras. Update: Thank you to our community! The people have been potentially been identified and PSP is handling everything from... Posted by Hausman's Fruit Farm on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 "The individuals pictured here decided to help thems…
News
Ex-NJ High School Basketball Star Cuts Deal, Gets 22 Years For Killing Tijuana Sex Club Worker
UPDATE: A former New Jersey high school basketball star who walked onto the Rutgers University team was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Mexico after admitting that he killed a sex club worker in Tijuana last year, according to multiple reports. Authorities had collected surveillance video from the notorious Adelita nightclub that shows Logan Kelley coming up from behind 20-year-old Isis Montoya, pulling a four-inch knife from his hoodie pocket and slicing her throat in February 2021. They charged him with what's known there as femicide, a hate crime in Mexico. Rather than face tria…
Police & Fire
Gunman Sought In Shooting Outside DelCo Bar: Police
Police are looking for a man accused of firing shots outside a bar in Delaware County on Wednesday, May 11. Two men were apparently arguing inside B’s Q-Shot Bar & Lounge on Baltimore Avenue in Lansdowne before running into each other outside around 12:40 a.m., East Lansdowne police said. That's when one of the men opened fire on the other, according to police. No injuries were reported and both men fled before police arrived, they said. Police believe the alleged shooter is the man seen in the surveillance screengrab above. Anyone with information is urged to contact Dete…
Police & Fire
$20K Reward Offered In Fatal Ambush Of Driver Pumping Gas In Philly: Police
Police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the ambush killing of a Pennsylvania man pumping gas in Philadelphia on Monday, May 9. Surveillance footage released by Philadelphia police shows two masked men dressed in all black arriving at a Liberty gas station on the 1000 block of East Mount Airy Avenue around 2:30 p.m. in a 2009 red Mazda 3 sedan with the New Jersey license plate number V62-PWX. Brandon Dixon was shot and killed while pumping gas in Philadelphia on Monday, May 9.PhiladelphiaPolice The armed suspects then leaped from the backseats and be…
News
Accused Police Imposters From Jersey Shore Charged In Botched Bergen County Kidnapping
It took over a year and a half, but relentless detective work aided by modern tech produced the arrests of two accused police imposters from the Jersey Shore who authorities said tried to abduct an East Rutherford man from outside his home. Anthony Naso of Seaside Heights, Nicholas Polimeni of Toms River and an unidentified accomplice were all wearing bogus police badges when they rushed the victim on Sept. 11, 2020, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim told police he'd just returned to his Lincoln Place home shortly before 10 p.m. when the trio “grabbed him on his stairca…
Police & Fire
Dead Baltimore County Music Teacher Was Recording People Without Their Knowledge: Police
Numerous of recordings taken of people without their knowledge were recovered from the home of a deceased Baltimore County music instructor, authorities said. Scott Tiemann, 46, taught music lessons at several schools in the area as well as at his Pikesville home up until his death, Baltimore County Police said. Tiemann was to have died by suicide, Fox Baltimore reports. Police did not reveal exactly if the recordings were of Tiemann's students, how many there were or detailed their content. Tiemann had been teaching in the Baltimore area since 1997, according to his obituar…
Police & Fire
No One Hurt In Coatesville When Gunmen Fired 30 Shots At Each Other, Police Say
Several vehicles and a residential window were shot out Monday afternoon in Coatesville, but no one was hurt, authorities said. Approximately 30 shell casings were found at the scene near North 2nd Avenue and Lumber Street following the 3:50 p.m. incident, Coatesville police said. Investigators believe two men were shooting at each other and fled in different directions after the shooting, police said. Witnesses reported seeing one man flee south on 2nd Avenue and the other flee west on Lumber Street, according to police. As of Tuesday night, no arrests had been made, though police c…
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